Head, IT Enterprise Architecture

The Head of Enterprise Architecture at NCBA Group is responsible for recommending the right technology design, standards, and tools at the enterprise level. This role defines system and application architecture, provides vision and problem-solving ability, and creates strategies and policies to meet business goals. The role focuses on Business Solutions, Application, Data, Infrastructure, and Security Architecture.

• Establishing Architecture related policies, standards, and procedures to ensure the technology is secure, supported, stable
• Document and formalize Architecture strategy, principles, and framework
• Review the use of standard and non-standard technologies, and mitigate risks
• Record, review, and monitor technical debt at the enterprise level
• Develop Technology benefits realization Framework to evaluate technology impact and business mapping/alignment
• Lead the group wide Change Advisory Board CAB and provide governance for IT Change management process
• Document current state architecture, and define future state architecture for all services
• Develop and document milestones necessary to eliminate technology gaps and address known issues to achieve the target architecture/state for all critical services
• IT Portfolio and Asset Management
• Maintain a holistic view of NCBA information and technology assets
• Legacy management across the technology landscape & development of plans to manage obsolescence
• Develop relationships between business, vendor, ownership, and costs across the technology landscape
• Partner with business and technology subject experts to translate business requirements into technological solutions
• Drive adoption of technology-driven initiatives such as cloud, Microservices adoption, DevOpsAPI Banking, and Integration modernization
• Participate in digital strategy decisions and provide digital business model consulting within IT teams
• Coordinate, review, and approve projects to comply with architectural standards, policies, and guidelines
• Help business leaders and their teams think through technology investment decisions' technology, business, and operational implications
• Monitor and analyze industry, technology, and market trends to determine their potential impact or application for the organization
• Undertake application portfolio optimization & rationalization across the NCBA Group
• Propose enterprise technology optimization through Application and Infrastructure retirement and consolidation
• License and data storage optimization
• Project rationalization, eliminating redundancies, and reducing vendor support costs
• Robust performance management for direct reports
• Regular feedback and objective end of year evaluations
• Work closely with internal teams, stakeholders across NCBA group and its subsidiaries to execute the Architecture vision
• Coordinate and manage a team of resources and support vendors within the group to execute the architecture roadmap
• Facilitate training and skilling of the team across all Architectural domains

• Information technology / Computer Science-related undergraduate degree
• A Master's degree in Information Technology or an MBA will be an added advantage
• Training and certification in IT Service Management e.g., ITIL, COBIT, ISO
• IT Architecture Training and Certification e.g., TOGAF
• Infrastructure and Cloud related certifications
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and reporting skills
• Excellent communication skills and high level of interpersonal skills